Tins from Production Smokes
Posted by Tim Mc. on Friday, 06-Feb-2004
I use a variety of tins from specialty releases of production smokes. American Spirit sold a top sliding tin that was just bigger than a pack of reg. smokes with their anniversary edition release about 1 year ago. It is one of the most solid tins out there. It may even be made out of steel. Good production smokes to enjoy too! It fits 20 SYO-made smokes perfectly and can be used like a soft pack of sorts... flicking your wrist with the top slid back a bit allows a single smoke to just pop right out. Very Fonzarelli like, you dig?
Others I use constantly are all of the different wide, flat, hinged tins that the flavored Camels come in and the limited run Salem slide top, curved tin. These are also great tins. They are sturdy but not exactly a lifetime gaurenteed tin like the American Spirit one (that thing is t.o.u.g.h.). The hinges are made of the same metal but very thinly crafted. Enough abuse will make them start getting sloppy. Overall I still have all of mine (7 uniques total) after two years. Not too bad. The Camel tins also pack well in a purse or pocket. Unlike the American Spirt one though, they can spill some loose dust or tobacco that is in the tin into your pocket or purse if the locking lip on it gets loose on you. ... as for the Camel flavored smokes, give them to someone who might appreciate them or put them into your local hazordous waste material dump. You know what makes a Camel or a Salem-flavored cigarette flavored? Its this bizarre neon blue pellet inside the filter that has been infused with the flavor they are trying to impart. Yes... SCARY.
A word about the Salem tins, they fit great in pockets, not so great in purses, are a bit more sturdy than the Camel-hinged ones and unless you wash them thoroughly will impart a menthol flavor to your homemades. Maybe you like that but it turns me off. I have only been using one of those since July so I really can't comment on their longevity.
Anyway, I bring all of this up, because although they aren't all perfect like the American Spirit tin, they are all very functional, fit 20 of your homemades and carry with you well, even if you need two packs for a particularly wild evening out on the town. And if money is key for you as it is for many of us, you do get 20 smokes with the the tin! Can't argue with it except if, like me, you have aversions to little pellets of an unidentifiable construction that can intensely flavor hot air. (brrrr! I just got a chill! And it isn't the memory of the "Frosty Freezey" Salem menthol "blend" coming back to haunt me!)
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- Re: Tins from Production Smokes
- Posted by Kurt Wall on Saturday, 20-Mar-2004
Taking this one step further, I bought an old Player's tin on eBay for not much more than one would pay for one of the Camel specialty (connoisseur?) packs. I'm thinking it should be pretty sturdy, despite it's age. In any event, there's a certain savoir faire in whipping out an antique cigarette tin full of fresh MYOs...
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- Re: Tins from Production Smokes
- Posted by jeff on Friday, 24-Jun-2005Thanks for the info. For the past few weeks I've been using flip top plastic cases that were about $2 each. They're OK and seem to click tight but they're butt ugly and probably won't last long. They look like they'd work great as a traveling case for crayons.Anyways I found this auction and "won" 3 of these AM tins: [dead link removed]I wonder if these are what you were referring to.Jeff
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